The president of an independent insurance agents association urged southern governors yesterday to use their influence to bring a fragmented insurance industry together to develop workable solutions to local risk issues.

Alex Soto, president of the Alexandria, Va.-based Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America, made his remarks during a panel discussion at the annual meeting of the Southern Governors Association in Biloxi, Miss., according to a report released by his organization.

Mr. Soto, president of the Miami-based insurance agency InSource Inc., represented the agent's association on the panel presented by Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour.

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